Window.



M. HA'B'ERLE.

WINDOW.

APPLICATION FILED'OCT. H, 1913.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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MICHAEL HABERLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WINDOW.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed October 11, 1913. Serial No. 794,650.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL HZSBERLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in windows, and has particular reference to structures of this class in which the two sashes are mounted. for vertical sliding movement through the window casing and are, at the same time, adapted to be pivotally swung in a vertical plane to assume a substantially horizontal position.

The primary object of my invention 1s to provide a novel form of sash guide which ordinarily serves to guide the sash. upon which it is mounted in its vertical movement through the casing, but is adaptedto be withdrawn fro-mengagement with the casing, whereby the sash may be swung outwardly and secured in elevated horizontal position.

A further object is to provide a modified form of sash guide constructed in such manner that the portion thereof which is adapted to engage the window casing is mounted within a recess formed in one vertical sash bar of the window Sash carrying the guide and is, therefore, concealed from view.

The above recited and other incidental objects of a similar nature, which will be hereinafter more specifically treated, are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims, which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has seen illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window with the sashes in closed position; Fig. 2is a detail sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the preferred form of sash guide; and Fig. 4. is a detail perspective view of the modified form of sash guide.

Before taking up the description of the drawings in detail, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that, while the window casing and sashes of this invention are preferably constructed of wood, the elements named may, if desired, be constructed of any other material, without in any way impairing the eificiency of the invention, or departing from the spirit thereof.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 designates as an entirety the window casing, in which are mounted the upper and lower sashes 11 and 12. The window isin general of the customary form and includes a face frame consisting OftllB face boards 13, 14 and 15-, a base-board or sill 16, and vertical side-boards 17. A guide-board 18 is mounted in inward spaced relation to each sideboard 17, as shown best in Fig. 2. Vertically extending spacing ribs 19 are employed in spacing the guide-boards the proper distance from the side-boards 17 Sealing strips or boards 20 are positioned at the rear edge of each guide-board 18 at each side of the window casing. The weight receiving compartments 21 are, as will be seen upon reference .to Fig. 2, defined by the sideboards 17 and guide-boards 18 in connection with the spacing ribs 19. The weights at each side of the window are, as indicated at 22, arranged within the compartments 21 in the usual manner, being suspended by chains 23 which, as best shown in Fig. 1,

a ride over pulleys 2d journaled in slots 25 formed in the holding plates 26 which are mounted against the outer faces of the guide-boards 18 and serve as closures for the slots formed therein.

The lower sash 12 consists ofthe side bars 27 and 28, and a top and bottom sash bar, designated 29 and 30, respectively. The side bars 27 and 28 are formed with longitudinally extending slots 31 which are located in the outer sides of the bars and at the upper ends thereof to receive the chains 23, as best shown in Fig. 2. Upon reference to this figure, it vaill be seen that the lower sash 12 is of greater width than the upper sash 11, and for this reason the guide-boards 18 are cut-away at their inner faces to receive the side bars 27 and 28. As indicated at 32, the vertical edges of the sash bar 29 are provided with corner notches which receive the shoulders formed on the inner faces of the guide-boards 18 by cutting the guide-boards away to receive the side bars of the lower sash, as has been previously set forth. Each shoulder 33 is provided at its front face with a vertically extending slot or groove 34 which receives a. metal weather strip 35 carried by the adjacent side bar of the lower sash.

Each guide-board 18 is provided on its inner face and at the approximate central portion thereof, with a vertically extending groove 36. These grooves 36 receive the cylindrical lugs 37 of pivotal sash guides. Each of said pivotal guides consists of a plate 38 which is secured by screws or other suitable fastening devices to the upper face of the sash bar 29, at one terminal thereof. A head 39 formed on the plate 38 carries a pair of spaced arms 40 and 41. The terminal of the arm 41 is, as, previously indicated at 37, formed in the nature of a cylindrical lug which, as best shown in Fig. 2, is mounted for sliding movement through the adjacent slot 36. These lugs 07 of the two pivotal sash guides, constitute the pivotal points on which the lower sash may be swung. It will be seen upon reference to Fig. 2, that the heads 39 and the arms 40 and 41 of each of the guides constitute a buffer for the contiguous chain 23 operating to hold it against contact with the edges of the slot 31.

In the inner face of that guide-board 18 which is disposed at the left hand side of the window, is formed a longitudinally extending slot 42 which is located immediately adjacent the forward edge of the guideboard. This location of the slot 42 is necessary in order that said slot may accommodate the guide lug of the guide member 43, which guide member is somewhat different in construction from the guide member 44. The guide member shown in detail in Fig. 3, includes a face plate 45, which is secured to the outer face of the side bar 27 adjacent its lower terminal by screws, rivets or any other suitable fastening devices 46, which are passed through apertures 47 formed in the upper and lower terminals of the face plate. The face plate 45 is cut-away to half its width throughout the major portion of its length to produce an enlarged portion 48, the upper edge of which is formed with a semi-circular notch 49. The body of the guide. indicated at 50. consists in a substantially L-shaped head, the one arm 51 of which crnstitutes a finger grip and the other arm 52 of which constitutes th"e guide lug which i adapted to enter the groove 42, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. At the junction of the arms 51 and is formed a substantially circular head. 53. This head carries a centrally disposed, laterally extending pin 54 which is passed through an aperture formed in the face plate 45 and is terminally threaded to receive a nut 55. A helical spring 56 is wound about the pin, bearing at its one terminal against the nut 55 and at its other terminal against the boss 57. The boss 57 is formed on the rear face of the member 45. The spring normally tends to hold the body of the guide in frictional engagement with the plate 45 whereby the guide lug 52 is yieldably held in adjusted position. It is to be noted that the circular head 53 is mounted for movement in the notch 49, and that the swinging movement of the body of the guide is limited in one direction by the engagement of the arm 51 with the shoulder formed by the enlargement 48 and in the other direction by the engagement of the lug 52 with the said shoulder.

From the foregoing description, and upon reference to Fig. I particularly, it will be seen that, when the guide shown in Fig. 3 is applied to the window, the pin 54, the boss 57 and the'spring 56 are assembled in a bore formed in the side bar 27. It will be obvious that the guide lug 52 may be withdrawn from the slot 42 by grasping the arm 51 and turning it to the position shown in Fig. 3. j

The modified form of guide lug 44 which is shown in Fig. lat the right hand side of the window, and is illustrated in detail in Fig. 4, includes a housing consisting of a body plate 58 and a U-shaped plate 59 which, at its extremities, is secured to the plate 58 by means of fastening devices 60. In the space included between the bight portion of the plate 59 and the body plate there is arranged a guide lug 61 which is substantially rectangular in shape. The lu 61 is provided upon one side with a laterally projecting hub 68 which is freely mounted within a suitable opening formed in the bight portion of the plate 59, the hub 68 being recessed to detachably receive the squaredterminal 62 of a spindle 63. As will be clear, the guide lug 61 is thus adapted to be rotated through an arc of 90 from a horizontal to a vertical position by the manipulation of a finger plate 64 carried terminally of the spindle 63.

In applying the modified form of guide to the lower sash, a recess is cut in the outer face of the side bar 28 and the housing and guide lug 61 are inserted therein. The spindle 63 is then passed through a central opening which is formed in the face plate 65. (This opening is concealed by the member 64 in Fig. 4.) A boss indicated at 66 is formed in the reariface of the face plate and registers with this central opening and serves as a bearing for the spindle 63. A

stop pin indicated at 67 is passed through the spindle and bears against the boss-'66 for the obvious purpose of preventing the withdrawal of the spindle'from the plate 65. lhe boss and spindle are positioned in concentric bores formedin the sidebar 28, the said bores leading. into the recess within which the housing and lug 61 areseated.

The squared terminal 62 of the spindle extends to engage within the recess of the hub 68 of the guide lug 61, and thus operatively connects the guide lug with the spindle. i

it will be observed, upon reference to Fig. 4, that the guide lug 61 operates through a longitudinally extending slot 69 formed in the adjacent weather strip 35. It will, of course, be obvious that the finger plate 64: may be manipulated to project the lug 61 through the slot 69 and into the adjacent groove 36 of the contiguous guide ,member 18. it will also be seen that the lug 61 may be withdrawn from the said groove and dis posed within the space included between the plate 58 and the bight portion of the plate 59.

While I have shown the preferred form of guide member, and the modified form of guide member both in position on a single sash, it will, of course, be obvious that in practice the window sash is equipped with a pair of similar guide lugs, it being optional with the user whether a pair of the devices shown in Fig. f or in Fig. 3 is employed.

A lock, indicated at 70, is, of course, provided for the sashes 11 and 12-. In order to hold the lower sash in elevated position,

when it is swung upwardly to a substan tially horizontal position within the casing upon the pivot lugs 37 ,1 I employ a rod 71, the upper terminal of which is freely secured, as by an eyelet 72, to the upper portion of the window casing, and the lower portion of which is provided with a hook 73. This hook 73 is engageable in a member 74 carried by the lower sash bar 39. of the lower sash. A. catch 75 is employed in holding the hook against withdrawal from the member 74. The exact construction of this red 71 and the associated parts will be particularly described in a subsequent application, and a further explanation of this feature of the window is, therefore, deemed unnecessary in this application. Y

As a means for limiting the outward swinging movement of the lower sash 12, I

have provided a pair of stops indicated at 7 6 and 7 7 respectively. These stops 76 and 77 will also form the subject-matter of a separate application and will not, therefore, be further described in this application.

In reduction to practice, it has been found that the form of this invention illustrated in the drawings, and referred to in the above description as the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of this device will necessarily vary, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

- What I claim is 1. The combination with a window including a casing and a sash mounted for sliding movement therethrough and adapted to be swung outwardly therefrom to assume an elevated open position, of an adjustable guide adapted to be slidably engaged with the casing whereby the sash may be held against swinging movement, and being further adapted to be withdrawn from engage ment with the casing, whereby the sash may be freely swung into elevated open position, said guide including a housing, a spindle journaled therein, a guide lug carried on the spindle, a face plate disposed against the outer face of the sash, a thumb plate carried by the spindle and bearing against the outer face of the face plate, and a hub carried by the face plate and surrounding the spindle.

2. The combination with a window including a casing having vertical guide receiving grooves and a sash mounted for sliding movement in the casing and adapted to be swung outwardly therein into elevated open position, of an adjustable guide adapted to be either engaged in the groove of the casing for holding the sash against swinging movement or'to be withdrawn from engagement with the casing for permitting the sash to be freely swung into elevated open position, said guide including a housing, a spindle removably journaled therein, a guide lug keyed on the spindle and arranged within the housing, and a thumb plate carried by the outer end of the spindle, said sash being provided with a recess adapted to receive the housing and lug, and a bore communicating with the recess to receive the V spindle.

3. The combination with a window sash bar having a recess formed in one side memher, said recess opening through the outer side of the said member, and a bore extending from the forward face of the said sash barand leading into the said recess, of an adjustable guide, said guide including a housing arranged in the recess, a spindle rotatable in the bore and having its terminal extending into the housing, a guide lug keyed on the inner terminal of the spindle In testimony whereof I affix my signature and arranged 1n the housing, a face plate 111 presence of two Witnesses.

secured to the front face of the sash bar and "r1 provided With an opening receiving the l MICHAEL HABURLE spindle, and a thumb piece carried by the Witnesses:

outer terminal of the spindle and hearing ERNESTIHABERLE.

against the outer face of the face plate. CHARLES F ISHER; J 1'.

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